New disclosures from interrogation reveal a calculated pattern of deception — staged marriages, concealed cameras, and cross-state crimes — as courts grant a seven-day remand to Sanour’s sitting legislator.
KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE
- Case registered September 2025, Civil Lines Police Station, Patiala — charges of rape and criminal threats
- Accused: Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, AAP MLA from Sanour constituency
- Alleged crimes committed at farmhouses in Datia (Madhya Pradesh) and Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh)
- Hidden cameras reportedly installed in farmhouse rooms to record the victim
- Court grants 7-day police remand to retrieve DVRs, mobile phones, and snatched official documents
- Victim subjected to threatening calls from unidentified individuals, police probing accused’s associates
A sitting Aam Aadmi Party legislator from Punjab stands at the centre of a widening criminal investigation following fresh revelations from police interrogation that paint a disturbing picture of premeditated abuse spanning two states. Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, the AAP Member of Legislative Assembly from Sanour, was remanded to seven days of police custody after a court in Patiala was presented with evidence of rape, hidden surveillance, and the deliberate destruction of official records.
The case was first registered in September 2025 at the Civil Lines Police Station in Patiala, on a complaint filed by a woman from Zirakpur. She alleged that the MLA had subjected her to repeated sexual assault and had threatened her into silence. At the time, the matter drew political attention but limited investigative detail. What has now emerged from sustained interrogation goes considerably further.
“The accused staged a charade of marriage — posing as divorced — to lure the victim across state lines before committing the crimes.”
A Web of Deception Across State Lines
According to police, Pathanmajra did not act impulsively. Investigators allege he deliberately misrepresented himself to the victim as a divorced man and subsequently arranged what the complainant understood to be a marriage ceremony. Under this pretense, he brought her to farmhouses located in Datia, Madhya Pradesh, and Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh — both far from the scrutiny of Punjab’s political circles. It was at these properties, the police assert, that the assaults occurred on multiple occasions.
The farmhouse locations were not merely geographically isolated. Police claim the accused had hidden cameras installed within the rooms — devices that recorded the victim without her knowledge or consent. Investigators now aim to recover the Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) connected to those cameras, as well as the mobile phone used in the commission of the offences. Police teams are expected to travel to both Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh during the remand period to conduct these recoveries.
The Challenge of Recovering Official Documents
A secondary — and particularly striking — dimension of the case concerns the disappearance of official documents. In September 2025, during an earlier encounter with law enforcement, Pathanmajra allegedly managed to snatch certain important documents from police personnel while evading custody. Those papers have not since been recovered. Investigators believe they have been concealed at the Hardoi farmhouse, alongside his personal mobile phone. Recovering this material has been designated a priority task for the remand period.
Victim Subjected to Sustained Intimidation
The investigation has also shed light on the pressure campaign mounted against the victim after she came forward. The complainant received threatening calls from unidentified individuals, the apparent intent being to dissuade her from pursuing her complaint. Police are now working to identify these callers and establish whether they acted at the direction of the accused. The existence of this intimidation network was among the factors cited by prosecutors in arguing for an extended remand.
In granting the seven-day custody, the court accepted the police position that intensive interrogation was essential to securing digital evidence spread across multiple jurisdictions and to retrieving documents that could prove crucial to the prosecution’s case.
Political Fallout
The case poses a significant test for the Aam Aadmi Party, which has built its public identity on an anti-corruption and clean-governance platform. Pathanmajra’s status as a sitting MLA means any conviction would carry electoral as well as legal consequences. The party has not issued a formal statement on the latest revelations. CITY E NEWS will continue to follow developments as the police investigation unfolds across Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh.
This article is based on information provided by Patiala Police and court proceedings. The accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
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